Barison I or Barisone I was the ''

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'' of

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from around 1038 until about 1060 and then of

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until his death sometime around 1073. He is the first ruler of Logudoro of whom we have any real knowledge. His whole policy was opposition to the

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and support of monastic immigration from mainland Italy. His wife was Preziosa de Orrubu. On hearing of the death of the judge of Logudoro around 1060, Barison gave Arborea to his nephew (or son)

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and went to

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to receive the vacant judgeship. In 1063, Barisone gave a

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of a large territory and two churches, including the

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church of Nostra Segnora de Mesumundu and that of Sant'Elia di Montesanto, to the abbey of

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and asked the abbot Desiderius of Benevento to send twelve monksA. Saba, ''Montecassino e la Sardegna medioevale.'' Note storiche e codice diplomatico sardo cassinese, Montecassino, 1927, pp. 21-23 to establish the

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on the island of

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. Desiderius sent them, via

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, with books, relics, and other religious and cultural items. However, determined to maintain a religious monopoly in Sardinia, the Pisan archdiocese attacked the monks at sea off the

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, where four died. The remaining eight returned to Montecassino. While Pope Alexander II excommunicated the Pisans for the assault, only the intervention of

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, secured satisfaction to the monastery and to Barisone. In 1065 finally the monks, sent by Desiderius, arrived to the island and took possession of the territory and the churches and founded a small monastery, adjacent to the church of Nostra Segnora de Mesumundu. In that same year, Barisone associated his nephew (or son) Andrew Tanca with him in the government and this Marianus succeeded him on his death.

References

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*Ferrabino, Aldo (ed). ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: VI Baratteri – Bartolozzi''.

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, 1964. *Scano, D. "Serie cronol. dei giudici sardi." ''Arch. stor. sardo.'' 1939. *Besta, E. and Somi, A. ''I condaghi di San Nicolas di Trullas e di Santa Maria di Bonarcado''. Milan, 1937. {{DEFAULTSORT:Barisone 01 Of Torres 1073 deaths Judges (judikes) of Arborea Year of birth unknown Judges (judikes) of Logudoro 11th-century rulers in Europe